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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Murungi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Energy",
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Sir, I oppose the amendment proposed by the Committee. It will be a serious breach of the Constitution of Kenyan for us to abolish coalitions in the way the Committee has proposed. In its definition of “Majority Leader”, the Constitution recognises that the Majority Leader could be a leader of a political party or a leader of a coalition of parties. So, the very idea of coalitions is embedded in our own Constitution. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we have fought very hard in this country for both human rights and political rights. One of the essential rights within the structure of the fundamental rights of every Kenyan is freedom of association. Political parties are now being defined as “persons” and it will be very dangerous for us, as Members of Parliament, to sit here and deprive people of their freedom of association. Political parties should be left free to form coalitions, either before or after elections. With those few remarks, I oppose the amendment."
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